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NACC CALIFORNIA

CargoCargo ship, no additional informationMadeira

Position 57s agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
NACC CALIFORNIA
MMSI
255802280
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
Not reported
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
79
Type
Cargo ship, no additional information
Category
Cargo
Length overall
Not reported
Beam
Not reported
Draught
Not reported

Length is the sum of the two AIS reference-point dimensions fore and aft; beam is the sum of the port and starboard pair. Both come from the vessel's own static report.

Voyage & motion

Destination
Not reported
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
9.7 kn
Course over ground
84°
True heading
88°

Destination, ETA and navigational status are typed in on the bridge, not measured. Speed, course and heading come from the vessel's instruments.

Last known position

Latitude
36° 2.819' N
Longitude
4° 57.134' W
Decimal
36.04698, -4.95223
Received
57s ago
Reported by ship
Not reported
Source feed
AISStream.io

This is the latest position our store holds, not a live fix. The vessel has been free to move for the whole of the age shown above.

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Only one position is held for this vessel, so no track can be drawn.

Nearby

Other vessels near this one

Everything else our snapshot holds within 25 nm of NACC CALIFORNIA's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from NACC CALIFORNIA
EXCELSIORPassenger ship, no additional information1.5 nm13° NNE
ANTIBES EXPRESSCargo ship1.6 nm299° WNW
BELLIS THERESATanker, carrying category B hazardous cargo2.9 nm286° WNW
WILSON GOOLECargo ship3.2 nm231° SW
MICHELANGELOCargo ship3.7 nm83° E
MSC SPRING IIICargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo3.7 nm249° WSW
EPIC BORINQUENTanker4.0 nm94° E
BARBARA PCargo ship, no additional information4.3 nm164° SSE
CMA CGM AGATHACargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo4.4 nm335° NNW
SHUN FU WANGCargo ship5.1 nm251° WSW
CMA CGM AMBITIONCargo ship, carrying category A hazardous cargo5.2 nm11° N
WES ELISACargo ship, no additional information5.3 nm288° WNW
SIFTERICargo ship5.6 nm303° WNW
PINEGATanker5.9 nm250° WSW
BWEK BEACONTanker6.1 nm213° SSW

Ranked by great-circle distance from NACC CALIFORNIA's last known fix, both taken from the same snapshot moment. Neither vessel has necessarily stayed put since — see the age shown above for how stale each position may be. Also available as JSON: /api/nearby.

What this data means

Reading this record

Everything above comes from two different AIS transmissions. Position, speed, course and heading arrive in message 1, 2 or 3, broadcast every few seconds while under way — that is why the position age above can be very small. Name, MMSI, IMO number, call sign, type and dimensions arrive in a separate static report — message 5 for a Class A transponder, message 24 for Class B — sent only around once every six minutes. A vessel can therefore show a fresh position with an old or missing static report, or the reverse.

Nothing here is estimated, interpolated, or carried over from a previous ship at the same MMSI. Where the vessel did not transmit a field, or transmitted a value the standard defines as "not available", we print “Not reported” rather than guess.

Data for this page comes from AISStream.io under Free for any use. Field meanings are explained in the reference guides. Nothing on this page is derived, estimated or filled in — where a field is empty, we print “Not reported”.